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Phillip Stanley West

Phillip Stanley West

Dec 7, 2013

Phillip Stanley West, 61, of 317 Johnny Harrell Road, Gates, NC, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 in his home. Mr. West was born in Norfolk, VA and was the son of the late Percy Graham, Sr. and Gladys Faye Barnes West. He was a self-employed building contractor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,...

A. Leo Ambrose

A. Leo Ambrose

Dec 7, 2013

Arel Leo Ambrose, 88, of 221 W. Market Street, Hertford, NC, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 in Brian Center Health & Rehabilitaion Center. Mr. Ambrose was born in Washington County, NC and was the last surviving of 13 children born to the late Joseph Jordan and Mary Magdalene Haire Ambrose. Retired from the Harvey Point Defense Testing Facility, he was...

William Ballard Pierce, Jr.

William Ballard Pierce, Jr.

Dec 7, 2013

William Ballard "Bill" Pierce, Jr., 67, of 347 Mexico Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 in his home. Mr. Pierce was born in Bertie County, was the son of the late William B., Sr. and Viola Byrum Pierce, and the husband of the late JoAnn Hughes Pierce. Retired from United Parcel Service, he was a member of Unanimity...

Robby Justin Smith

Robby Justin Smith

Dec 6, 2013

Robby Justin Smith, 49, of 208 West Avenue, Plymouth, NC, died Friday, December 6, 2013 in Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Mr. Smith was born in Beaufort County and was the son of Robert Owen and Janice Ambrose Smith. He was a self-employed building contractor. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife of 29 years, Vann Haskett...

Pat Flanagan

Pat Flanagan

Dec 3, 2013

James Francis "Pat" Flanagan, 96, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Flanagan was born in Newark, NJ on March 18, 1917, and was the son of the late John Edward and Louise Hollenback Flanagan. Pat attended high school in Holland, Michigan, and later Hope College, also located in Holland. There he played football...

Joyce Brunson Harrell

Joyce Brunson Harrell

Dec 2, 2013

Joyce Brunson Harrell, 85, of 602 E. Church St. Ext., Edenton, NC, died Monday, December 2, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Chowan County she was the daughter of the late William and Maude Elliott Brunson. A retired nurse anesthetist from Chowan Hospital, she was a member of Edenton Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of...

Larry Robert Parks

Larry Robert Parks

Nov 30, 2013

Larry Robert Parks, 55, of 279 Tuggie Eure Road, Eure, NC, was called home to glory on Saturday, November 30, 2013 in Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie. Mr. Parks was born in Portsmouth, VA and was the son of Gertrude Beere Parks of Elizabeth City and the late Elbert Curtis Parks, Jr. Employed with Norfolk Naval Shipyard for 29 years, he...

Dorothy Gayle McDonald

Dorothy Gayle McDonald

Nov 29, 2013

Dorothy Gayle McDonald, 84, of 806 Dobbs Street, Hertford, NC, died Friday, November 29, 2013 in her home. Mrs. McDonald was born in Gressitt, VA and was the daughter of the late Russell, Sr. and Lena Gayle. Retired from the Harvey Point Defense Testing Facility, she was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, and had been active in The...

Frances Hicks Haddock

Frances Hicks Haddock

Nov 26, 2013

Frances Hicks Haddock, 77, of 148 Water Lilly Loop, Edenton, NC, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Haddock was born in Campbellsville, KY and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Francis Jesse Hicks. A homemaker, she had attended Albemarle Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of 44 years, Gill Haddock; a son, Michael...

Cassie Winslow Spruill

Cassie Winslow Spruill

Nov 26, 2013

Cassie Winslow Spruill, 87, of 857 Beech Springs Road, Hertford, NC, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City. Mrs. Spruill was born in Perquimans County and was the daughter of the late Velum and Emma Perry Winslow. A retired home health nurse's assistant, she later spent countless hours as a volunteer at Hertford Grammar School. She was...

Helen Smith Wall

Helen Smith Wall

Nov 24, 2013

Helen Smith Wall, 85, of 250 No Say Lane, Cofield, NC, died Sunday, November 24, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Wall was born in Hertford County and was the daughter of the late Lonnie Gaston and Sallie Bazemore Smith. The retired co-owner and operator of Helen & Evelyn's Beauty Salon in Colerain, she was a member and deacon of Holly...

Johnny Patrick, Jr.

Johnny Patrick, Jr.

Nov 21, 2013

Abie John "Johnny" Patrick, Jr., 60, of Willow Way, Elizabeth City, NC, died Thursday, November 21, 2013 in Albemarle Hospital. Mr. Patrick was born in Tyrell County and was the son of Renia Mae Clifton Patrick of Edenton and the late Abie John Patrick, Sr. A mechanical engineer in the cement industry, he was also preceded in death by a...

Mary Frances Warren

Mary Frances Warren

Nov 20, 2013

Mary Frances Warren, 69, a resident of Roanoke River Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Williamston, NC, died Wednesday, November 20, 2013, after suffering from kidney failure and other health issues for the past year. The former assistant manager of Country Manor Apartments, she was the wife of the late Ronnie W. Warren. Surviving are her only son, Mitchell Wayne Warren; her...

Richard Garner Perry

Richard Garner Perry

Nov 18, 2013

Richard Garner Perry, 72, of 302 Okisco Trial, Edenton, NC, died Monday, November 18, 2013 in Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Hertford. Mr. Perry was born in Floyd County, GA and was the son of the late Jefferson Davis, Sr. and Elizabeth Mae Nicholas Perry. Retired as a Petty Officer from the US Navy after 20 years of service, he...

Calvin Coolidge Godfrey

Calvin Coolidge Godfrey

Nov 17, 2013

Calvin Coolidge Godfrey, 89, of 1833 New Hope Road, Hertford, NC, died Sunday, November 17, 2013 in his home. Mr. Godfrey was born in Perquimans County and was the son of the late John Thomas, Sr. and Mary Russell Godfrey. A life long farmer, he attended Berea Church of Christ. An Army veteran of World War II, he was awarded...

Ruby Williams Webb

Ruby Williams Webb

Nov 16, 2013

Ruby Williams Webb, 81, of 721 Poplar Neck Road, Edenton, NC, died Saturday, November 16, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Mrs. Webb was born in Chowan County and was the daughter of the late Joel C., Sr. and Leora Smith Williams. A retired stock clerk with J.C. Penney Co., she was a member of Open Door Church. In addition to...

Susan Gray Ward

Susan Gray Ward

Nov 16, 2013

Susan Gray Ward, 64, of 4004 Virginia Road, Tyner, NC, died Saturday, November 16, 2013 in Vidant Chowan Hospital. Miss Ward was born in Suffolk, VA and was the daughter of the late James F. "Capp" and Vivian Webb Ward. A retired nurse's assistant from both Chowan Hospital and Britthaven Nursing Home, she was a member of Warwick Baptist Church...

Miles Gordon Brown, Sr.

Miles Gordon Brown, Sr.

Nov 13, 2013

Miles Gordon Brown, Sr., 83, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from complications due to Parkinson's disease. The youngest son of the late Nannie Hudson Brown and Oscar Hubert Brown, he was born June 29, 1930, in Edenton, and graduated from Greenville High School in 1949. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1952, serving during the Korean War. Earning his...

Marguerite Pell Sawyer

Marguerite Pell Sawyer

Nov 9, 2013

Marguerite Pell Sawyer, 83, of 1314 Shawboro Road, Shawboro, NC, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Sawyer was born in Norfolk, VA and was the daughter of the late William Milton and Ida Mae Kight Pell. A retired postmaster with the United States Postal Service, she was a member of Providence Baptist Church, Shawboro Ruritan Club, and...

Sharon Greene Harrell

Sharon Greene Harrell

Nov 8, 2013

Sharon Greene Harrell, 52, of 259 Gates Bank Road, Gates, NC, died Friday, November 8, 2013 in her home. Mrs. Harrell was a life-long resident of Gates County, and was the daughter of Orson W., Sr. and Patricia Jackson Greene of Gates. Elected in 1992 as the Gates County Register of Deeds, she had previously worked in the office for...

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